Private Guide & Car

We offer experiences that are custom-tailored to you – worry-free, hassle-free and (if desired) non-touristy. With our Guided Tour (its not just another tour) the goal is not another budget tour, but rather to create an unforgettable once-in-a-lifetime experience that is priceless. Come and see the real Black Forest, as only locals can show you.

Location

Black Forest

Start / End

freiburg, Offenburg

Activity

sightseeing, easy walking

Difficulty

easy

Duration

1 day

Private Guide & Car

Day Tours

spring, summer, fall

1 day

Touring with a private guide is the best way to see the Black Forest. A local tour guide (often myself) will show you the area. You get the local insights and don’t have to worry or read up about anything – we take care of it all. Guided tours usually start at your hotel in town or at the train station. We then head into the Black Forest to see and do the things you want to see and do. The guided tour will be custom-designed for you – by me. No tour is like another.

Your specific wants and needs
Find the hidden gems
Get the inside-scoop
Experience like a local

choose duration (half day, all day, several days)
choose start & end points
choose themes
choose activities & sights

Its Your Agenda

Your Guided Tour is unique and customized to your specific desires, needs and fitted to your particular travel style. You choose start & end points of your tour, and the duration of your tour. Themes you are interested in, Activities you would love to do, Sights you would like to see.

Our Guided tours can be booked as half day tours or full day tours.

What Is A Guided Tour Like?

Everyone is unique and your visit to The Black Forest will be unique too. I listen to your wants and needs, then provide options from which you can choose what to see and at a pace appropriate for you – so that you can experience The Black Forest like a local. I organize tours one-day-at-a-time that fit your particular travel style. You can even change your mind. This is your vacation. We want you to enjoy it.

Watch this short video Rick Steves made while we were touring The Black Forest together (published with permission of R.Steves):

Can’t I tour the Black Forest on my own?

Do-it-yourself touring of The Black Forest is not easy. While The Black Forest is one of Germany’s biggest holiday region, English is not widely spoken. Even many popular tourist attractions do not offer English instructions or explanations. The target audience is German.

You may have tried piecing together destinations mentioned online, using a GPS to get from point to point in a rental car, only to find, just like a fine meal – just because you bought all the mentioned ingredients, it doesn’t mean the dish is tasty.

There are plenty of good books. But as an experienced traveller you already know that tour guide books try to be comprehensive, and by necessity, put you on a superficial path where you find all the other tourists who are using the same guide book. That’s not how you find special experiences.

Is it for me?

If you do not see yourself buying a cookie-cutter tour or vacation package in which you are on a bus with 49 other tourists; stopping at every road-side attraction whether you want to or not, with hectic deadlines, eating when and where everybody else eats. Then my Guided Tour is for you!

Itinerary

There is no such thing as a typical tour. All our guided tours are customized to your exact wants and needs.

If you book a Guided Tour with us we start out by sending you a questionnaire. From that we start building your itinerary. We are usually flexible up until the very last moment of your tour. So we can pay attention to the weather and other important things happening on the day of your visit.

Good to Know

Guides: (Knowledgable, English Speaking, Certified by the Black Forest Park Association, Members of the German National Tourist Guide Association (BVGD)
Drivers: licensed & insured
Vehicle
Parking fees included
Tolls and other road fees included
Distance & fuel costs included

Meals, drinks, wine tasting fees
Entrance fees to monuments, museums, attractions
Accommodation
Airport pick-up/drop-off
Transfers/transportation to your chosen starting point outside of our area (Freiburg)
Luxury vehicle upgrade

Guided Tours are usually available from mid-May to mid-October.
Please contact us in advance* to find out if a tour can be organized on the day of your visit. (*We are usually not able to offer same-day tours as our tours are often booked-out far in advance)

We offer half day tours and all day tours
Don’t have that much time? In some cases we can also accommodate a shorter tour of 3 or 4 hours, please inquire.

Please email us your specific tour request (size of group, desired tour length, etc) so we can provide you with an exact price for your itinerary
Our prices are all inclusive. Our drivers are paid by the hour. If you enjoyed your tour, our driver certainly appreciate a tip – but it is NOT expected.

Our Guided tours usually start from Freiburg.
We can often also accommodate you if you are staying in Baden-Baden and Offenburg and don’t want to take the train to Freiburg to meet us. Please inquire

Be aware of scams. German law is very strict with reference to commercial transportation of passengers. It requires all commercial passenger transportation to be handled by licensed operators. Driver guides as well as transport services of any kind are required by law to have a commercial passenger transportation license and insurance coverage for cars and passengers.

If you see discounted rates for driver guides in Germany be aware! You can easily tell whether a car is licensed to carry passengers or not. All licensed vehicles are supposed to display a number on the rear window of their car. (‘Ordnungsnummer’ in German). It is either a blue sticker (chauffeur service) or yellow sticker (cab service). If you don’t a sticker you are most likely touring with an unlicensed vehicle. The stickers are displayed in the right corner of the rear window:

You are in good hands with us. We are licensed and fully insured. ( Genehmigung nach §49 PBefG mit Mietwagen für die gewerbliche Personenbeförderung ).

Our Vehicles are

Safe and Clean Vehicles
All vehicles pass strict mechanical inspection by the German TÜV (Technical Security Association)
Vehicles have passenger transport insurance
Drivers have a passenger transportation license
Vehicle we use: Volvo & Mercedes. ( inquire about upgrading to luxury vehicles)
Air-conditioned vehicles
Smoking is not permitted in our vehicles
We strongly advise clients not to eat or drink on board
Mobile phone charger on board
Wi-Fi on board (some vehicles)
Umbrellas on board
Bottled water on board
Child safety seats included
Parking fees included
Tolls and other road fees included
Distance & fuel costs included

Where you will be touring

Guided Tour Black Forest

See what some of our customers say who have done this tour before:

Black Forest Tours

Average rating:

193 reviews

eaeakoz

Jul 28, 2023

by eaeakoz

We loved everything about this tour. They arrived on time at our hotel to pick us up and dropped us back off at our hotel when done. Iris was our guide and she was wonderful. She provided so much information & history of the Black Forest while taking us on a tour of the beautiful sights based on our questionaire responses. Benji, our drive, was wonderful as well. He was also our driver the following day, who took us to Rothenburg and we were so happy that it was him! Iris took us to a local market where we purchased food for a lunch picnic at the base of a castle ruin overlooking the Black Forest. The day was abosultely perfect! We would highly recommend Simone and her Black Forest Tours. Simone was in constant contact with me during our 4 year planning process. This trip was originally booked before Covid and had to be cancelled. Simone's communication is excellent!

Audra

Jul 25, 2023

by Audra

Hi Simone,

We absolutely loved our tour! The guide was amazing & we truly enjoyed her! The driver was great too & we were so happy to see him the next day as our driver to Rothenburg. It was a wonderful day because of both of them! I honestly don’t have any suggestions to improve on because it was perfect as it was! Thank you so much for a fantastic day!

Audra

shardul

Jul 20, 2023

by shardul

We visited Freiburg for a day and took a private tour with Black Forest Tours.
Our guide, Simone, was fantastic. She guided us like our family member.
Visited hidden gems in black forest in our day tour.
She, not only helps us for tour but also guide us for food, shopping.
Thank you Simone for a wonderful time and beautiful day we spent in black forest.

Sue

Jun 27, 2023

by Sue

Simone was an amazing tour guide throughout the day. She listened to what we were interested in and tailored the day to our liking perfectly. I am a chocolatier and pastry chef and I was overjoyed with the places we visited. Just a few highlights were a small bakery where we tried delicious bread and a chocolate shop in a tiny town that was simply amazing. I couldn't have asked for a better day. When my friends and family ask me how Germany was, this is usually the day I tell them all about.

Samantha

Jun 23, 2023

by Samantha

Hello Simone!
We had an amazing time touring with you and it was definitely one of the best days we had while in Germany. If we are ever in the area again we will look you up! Thank you for giving us such a memorable day in The Black Forest, we could not have asked for a better guide or a better experience, it really was great.

-S.

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